This morning we took the dingy to Thunderball Cave, filming location for the James Bond film Thunderball, for a snorkel trip. Its recommended to come at low slack tide so you can simply swim in. It certainly is a lot smaller than what…
Shakedown 2011
April 24, 2011Hours logged: 3.75Michele and I had our 10-year wedding anniversary on Thursday, and we took Friday off for a long weekend aboard. But Mother Nature foiled our plan, dealing us some really nasty weather on Friday and Saturday. The sun f…
April 24 – Fort Myers, FL
Day 49 – Happy EasterFt. Myers Yacht BasinThe Ft. Myers First Untied Methodist Church was just a few blocks away so we started our day by going to the early service. It really didn’t feel like Easter today…we really missed seeing our family and frien…
Happy Easter 2011 from Mystery Ship
This should be Happy Anniversary too (a little late). I was checking to see where we were last year for Easter and we were just starting our crossing of the Pacific. We had arrived at the Marquesis island of Hiva Oa the morning of April 17, 2010. Wow, …
Ahhh, swimming pigs in paradise
We went to the neighboring island of Big Major, home to many wild pigs and local attraction for cruisers. When we arrived there were several other boats waiting at the shore for the pigs to show; the waiting b…
Testing the Latest Coastal Explorer
We have been using the latest iteration of Coastal Explorer this spring. This is a clean, easy to use, and quite stable nav program.
Contrary to its name, you can use this program anywhere. We used it last year in Europe and then for the passage back to the States. The screen shot shows the layout […]
